We're stuck - - June 11, 2006

Hello All . . .

We're stuck in Kingston, Ontario. About half way across Lake Ontario, one of our engines shut down. Turn's out it is fried and will need to be replaced. At this point, it looks like this was caused by an installation problem - one of the oil hoses was placed too close to the bottom of the engine compartment and friction caused it to lose all oil, causing the engine to freeze up. Unfortunately, our 2 year warranty period was up 2 months ago.

The good news is that we made it into Kingston just fine - with the help of Larry and Lola on "Lola Marie". We limped in on one engine and minimum steering ability but managed to make it fine. We found a marina with room for both boats and have since been moved to a better location with power and water so that we will be able to stay on the boat during most of the repair time. Many thanks to Larry and Lola for all their help and to Kingston Marina for making accomadations available.

Since we were already short on time and hate to miss the Great Lakes, we have about decided to spend the fall in this area and leave the boat for the winter. Then we'll have all next late spring and summer in the lakes.

Anyone have any sugar for the lemonade? We have plenty of lemons. We'll keep you posted on our progress.

See you out there somewhere - sometime.

Rob & Ann